I'm hoping someone here can either help directly or suggest another more
suitable group.

I've just moved from by the sea near Lymington, Hants, where my JVC
receiver could pull in a 1st-class signal for ClassicFM using just 3 ft of
co-ax hung behind a cupboard as aerial, to an area between Farnham and
Hindhead, where there is an odd problem with the signal.

(Because this is a fringe area I've had a VHF aerial installed above the
roof and connected through a booster box that boosts all incoming UHF & VHF
signals to the various sockets in the house.)

The odd thing about reception is that although the MUSIC on ClassicFM is
beautifully clear, when the presenters start talking their VOICES
are muffled and boomy (except for what I take to be pre-recorded
commercials).

I cannot understand why that should be so. Suggestions, please?

Many thanks in advance...

--
Maurice Batey
(Retired in Surrey, UK)

"Maurice Battey"

I've just moved from by the sea near Lymington, Hants, where my JVC
receiver could pull in a 1st-class signal for ClassicFM using just 3 ft of
co-ax hung behind a cupboard as aerial, to an area between Farnham and
Hindhead, where there is an odd problem with the signal.

(Because this is a fringe area I've had a VHF aerial installed above the
roof and connected through a booster box that boosts all incoming UHF &
VHF
signals to the various sockets in the house.)

The odd thing about reception is that although the MUSIC on ClassicFM is
beautifully clear, when the presenters start talking their VOICES
are muffled and boomy (except for what I take to be pre-recorded
commercials).

I cannot understand why that should be so. Suggestions, please?



** Hardly possible for that to be an antenna or reception issue.

Consider that in moving house, you now have a whole new listening room and
speaker set up which generating more low frequency reverberation that
previously.

Also, male announcers often have the studio mic very close to their lips and
speak in a soft voice, exaggerating the bass content.

Try listening via good headphones to see what is being dished up.




......... Phil

In article , Maurice Batey
writes
I'm hoping someone here can either help directly or suggest another more
suitable group.

I've just moved from by the sea near Lymington, Hants, where my JVC
receiver could pull in a 1st-class signal for ClassicFM using just 3 ft of
co-ax hung behind a cupboard as aerial, to an area between Farnham and
Hindhead, where there is an odd problem with the signal.

(Because this is a fringe area I've had a VHF aerial installed above the
roof and connected through a booster box that boosts all incoming UHF & VHF
signals to the various sockets in the house.)

The odd thing about reception is that although the MUSIC on ClassicFM is
beautifully clear, when the presenters start talking their VOICES
are muffled and boomy (except for what I take to be pre-recorded
commercials).

I cannot understand why that should be so. Suggestions, please?

Many thanks in advance...


Its called audio processing...
--
Tony Sayer

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:16:30 +0100, tony sayer wrote:

Its called audio processing

Erm, could you expand a little on that, please?
(Preferably words of few syllables...)

--
Maurice Batey

In article , Maurice Batey
writes
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:16:30 +0100, tony sayer wrote:

Its called audio processing

Erm, could you expand a little on that, please?
(Preferably words of few syllables...)


Yes its what they do and don't do to sod up the audio so more people can
hear it!. Once their used to be standards in Radio broadcasting...

Theres a bit over on alt.radio.digital writ by the chief eng of classic
FM.. that explains it all sadly(
--
Tony Sayer

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:09:04 +1000, Phil Allison wrote:

Try listening via good headphones to see what is being dished up.

Great tip!
Just got round to trying that - and the voices are crystal clear!

But where does that leave me w.r.t. the speakers?

(Also, in the same room, a transistor radio puts out perfectly clear
music & voices, as does a DAB digital radio in the kitchen (even
though the UK Post Code guide to DAB said it could not be received here).)

I'm just totally baffled as to what is happening when the input goes
out to the speakers..

--
Maurice Batey

"Maurice Batey"

I'm just totally baffled as to what is happening when the input goes
out to the speakers..


** Maybe try ACTUALLY reading the first part of my post you snipped.




........ Phil

In article , Maurice Batey
writes
On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:37:39 +0100, tony sayer wrote:

Theres a bit over on alt.radio.digital

But mine's not a digital receiver - it's FM.

Or are you saying the comments apply equally to FM?


Well that article over on alt.radio.digital was writ by One Quientin
Howard of digital one, and it didn't bode well for audio quality as
they, the broadcasters see it!.....
--
Tony Sayer

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:08:55 +1000, Phil Allison wrote:

Maybe try ACTUALLY reading the first part of my post you snipped.


Oh, I but did, Phil!

However, I'm still no nearer even to beginning to understand what is
happening to the voices, which are both muffled, boomy, and faint -
apart from those in pre-recorded commercials.
The latter, as with the music - are perfectly clear.

Do you have any suggestions as to what I should look for, or try?
That would be much appreciated.

--
Maurice Batey

In article ,
Maurice Batey wrote:
Try listening via good headphones to see what is being dished up.

Great tip!
Just got round to trying that - and the voices are crystal clear!

But where does that leave me w.r.t. the speakers?

Have you a mono button on your system? What happens if you press this - to
the sound from the speakers and headphones? And have you another source -
like CD - to try through the same amp/speaker combination?

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